After all that time trying to get them to not annoy me and their other immediate neighbors by keeping their door open while cooking stinky food, they've been very very quiet - so quiet I thought they had actually decided to quarantine elsewhere as I hadn't heard or seen them since right after the quarantine started.  Turns out they're there...just ( Read more... )

FDA wins 2008 Biggest Stupid Act in Pet Food Award - and they had a lot of competition!

And a warning about Huge Growth in Dishonest Pet Food Claims.  Sure, one or two ingredients may be '100% Natural'...

--Zhora

Its a video report I got through rense.com on possible tainted Halloween candy.  Yep, its scary...but during the pet food recall this was the main way that people got actual information - from people who gave a damn, not the FDA or the companies.  It was 5 months before the FDA bothered to do something about the pet food (the first pets started ( Read more... )

After that great news...I realized my ring was missing.  The one that replaced my special bracelet that broke.  I'm sure it will turn up...but I'm so upset at myself.  I really lost it while looking, and had to take some Rescue Remedy and chai, and cookies, to calm down.  I don't usually eat a lot when I'm upset, just sometimes chocolate and Rescue ( Read more... )

Damn, if this weren't Tuesday, I'd think it was Friday for the slew of Recall News:

- The FDA is now acting on the lab reports of cyanuric acid and acetaminophen found in cat and dog foods tested by a Texas lab.  But they haven't named the UNRECALLED FOODS.  Acetaminophen in foods would explain the liver issues that have been associated.  Here's a ( Read more... )

Friday's Itchmo had articles including: an email to Itchmo from IAMS attempting to spin those damning lab results to owners who aren't that stupid anymore, toxic corn gluten sent to Canada, bakery meal contamination found, and a letter from the law firm handling the Menu Foods class action suit clarifying Menu Food's claim that they are prevented ( Read more... )